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Subject Weekend Edition: Acquittal of Activists Who Saved Dying Piglets From Smithfield Sets 'Right to Rescue' Precedent
Date October 9, 2022 10:19 PM
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The Week in Review

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Relying on Diesel Generators After Shelling

If the generators run out of fuel, "they will stop, and after that there will be a disaster," said a Ukrainian nuclear expert. "There will be a melting of the active core and a release of radioactivity from there."

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UK Accused of Giving 'Two Fingers Up' to Climate With New Oil and Gas Licenses

"By encouraging greedy fossil fuel companies to keep looking for more fossil fuels, the U.K. government is denying the reality of the climate emergency," said one campaigner.

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Progressives Warn Fed-Induced Recession Will 'Throw Millions of Americans Out of Work'

"It takes a while for higher interest rates to have a big impact," one expert stressed, "and there's a huge concern the Fed has overshot and secured a recession in coming months."

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Demands for Peace Talks Intensify as Biden Says Putin Nuclear Threats Risk 'Armageddon'

Anti-war groups called on the U.S. president to urgently pursue a diplomatic "off-ramp" to avert a nuclear catastrophe.

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'Straight Up Fraud': Data Confirms Private Insurers Use Medicare Advantage to Steal Billions

"The move to privatize Medicare," said one expert, has "been very profitable, in part because insurers are good at making their patients seem sicker."

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Acquittal of Activists Who Saved Dying Piglets From Smithfield Sets 'Right to Rescue' Precedent

"I want you to acquit us as a matter of conscience," defendant Wayne Hsiung told the jury. "There's a big difference between stealing and rescue."

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American Billionaires Show US Is #1 in Creating Grotesque Inequality

The distribution of income and wealth will remain ridiculously top-heavy until we start limiting the "rewards" gushing into corporate executive suites.

by Sam Pizzigati

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Democrats-Broaden Your Campaign Messages and Strategies!

With their ample funds, the Democrats have to aggregate the case against the GOP's morbid opposition to humanity.

by Ralph Nader

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Why the Corporate Media's Coverage of the Latest Jobs Report Is So Awful

The economy is cooling, quickly.

by Robert Reich

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Decisions made by Powell, Putin, MBS, and OPEC+ are going to impact the midterms and the economics of the entire planet.

by Thom Hartmann

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